Two folios from an illustrated Persian treatise in Urdu on ragas, depicting fakirs seated in landscapes
Lot 197
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gouache and gold on paper, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, the first with outer margins decorated with scrolling floral motifs in gold, one lacking outer borders and trimmed just outside ruled inner margins, Urdu text verso consisting of seven and six lines respectively written in two columns in large nasta'liq script in red and black ink within cloudbands on gold ground, borders decorated as recto
gouache and gold on paper, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, the first with outer margins decorated with scrolling floral motifs in gold, one lacking outer borders and trimmed just outside ruled inner margins, Urdu text verso consisting of seven and six lines respectively written in two columns in large nasta'liq script in red and black ink within cloudbands on gold ground, borders decorated as recto
